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as far as this movie, it's hardly an original tale.
Europeans invaded America and raped, pillaged, and plundered the native peoples of the Americas, all for the resources they had.
The U.S. committed treason and terrorism against the powers of the Colonies to secure their own land.
The U.S. raped, pillaged, and plundered the native peoples of Western N.A. to secure the resources out there.
just saying...
And yet every time a new scenario comes up where we can choose between the livelihood of a native populace and their resources, we still quickly forget history. "OMG, their stuff is awesome! Kill them all, they don't matter!"
Treason as the worst thing a person can do? No, I'd say not. Yes, it's worse than abruptly telling your employer, "Go to hell, I quit," and then trashing your office, but it's along those lines. A government is a logistics venture, a way of organizing a bunch of otherwise unruly people. And when one invariably falls, another will eventually take its place, either by collective will of the people, or, more likely, by the will of a small group of power-hungry individuals. But one way or another, order will be brought, fanboys will come forth to fly the banner of the new government, and eventually, it too will fall.
Concerning treason in the Constitution, I figure it's in there because of the circumstances present during the formation of the US. It was a tiny infant of a country, so they wouldn't want anyone screwing it up at that stage, hence you state specifically that treason is a very bad thing.
All that said, hey, once you've got a good organizational structure, might as well stick with it - and yes, acts to destroy it would be viewed as a crime. The worst one possible? No, not by far. Worthy of a death sentence? I suppose that depends on the circumstances, and the amount of damage done, some of which will have a very subjective portion.
Finally, yes, it's a movie, a work of fiction. (Which I have yet to see.)
There are lots of things that go into making a movie like this that's profitable.
1) You need the "bad guys" to be
really bad, down to the core. That makes it "ok" to kill them, or at least easier, in the minds of the audience.
That of course makes it more likely that they'll leave the movie feeling good, and will tell friends to go see it as well. Plus they'll probably want to see it again and again.
2) Test audiences will invariably lead to changes in the movie, often dumbing it down in some way.
3) It has to have characters that the audience is more likely to relate to. Why do the characters come off as American? Because it's an American audience that they want to pander to. If it was made in China, guess what, you'd have a lot of Chinese characters. It's just another way to make the movie more marketable to its target audience.
I'm not a fan of any movie that shows the American military being defeated.
All armies are defeated at some point in time. It happens.
Notes:
I know there are threads on the movie, but I want this thread to be specifically about this part of the movie and also about Americans being defeated in movies in general.
I am contracted in the Army ROTC.
For myself, I'm a civilian who finds the very need for an organization like an army pretty sad. I do understand that, given our species' nature, in that it is so
very innately predatory that it will readily prey on itself, despite having what we call "free will", armies are necessary for our defense. Though they're really just an extension of an individual trying to protect himself from other human predators - an army is just an outgrowth of a government, protecting itself from other predatory governments.
But still, I find it more profoundly terrible that we are so willing to prey on ourselves, often for things which are in no way related to survival, but only to profitability, and a desire to feel superior.
But seriously, morally/ethically wrong command deserves justice. 
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